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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of adjustable stationary rubbing-board and a rotary rubbing-cylinder to regulate the pressure on the clothes and at the same time, clothes can be cleaned without injury to them. Illustration is included.
Date: April 7, 1891
Creator: Polk, Kindrick Ford
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Sliding-Door Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a new sliding door mechanism that allows for doors to be opened and shut by a foot-operated pedal without the use of one's hands, including illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Beardon, Thomas M.
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Resilient Wheel

Description: Patent for a resilient wheel for automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles that absorbs shocks and is durable.
Date: May 11, 1912
Creator: Moore, Henry C.
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Spring-Heel

Description: Patent for a spring heel made to absorb shocks from walking and to provide overall support for the heel. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Luzzi, August F.
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Flue Expander

Description: Patent for a flue expander. This invention is a tool for expanding boiler flues in flue sheets. Illustration included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Player, James Arthur
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Foot Covering Cleaner

Description: Patent for a covered boot or shoe scrapper. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Childers, Christopher C.
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Fire Place Blower.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire-place blower. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the jambs of a fireplace, of a frame consisting of front-pieces detachably fastened to the jambs, back pieces fastened to the respective front pieces and formed with steps, and a top board connecting the sides of the frame, together with sections resting on the steps and forming a fire-screen and blower" (lines 10-17).
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Baker, Henry F.
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Embroidery Attachment for Sewing-Machines

Description: Patent for pressing device of sewing machine that will be in operative engagement with the needle to enable efficient stitching and embroidery work.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Moore, Franklin O.
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Feed Apparatus for Locomotives.

Description: Patent for a new and improved feed apparatus for locomotives. This design is "for feeding the boiler of a locomotive-engine wherein a feed-pipe extends from a tank or tender to an injector a conical strainer is located in the three-way valve-casing for intercepting dirt, leaves, and foreign matter, to prevent the same passing with the feed-water to the boiler" (lines 9-15). It consists, "with a valve-casing containing a valve and having pipes or tubes for connecting, respectively, with a tank o… more
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Raynor, Irwin Halpin
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Bolt-Clipper

Description: Patent for improvements to bolt cutters, in terms of construction and efficiency. The improvement includes "oppositely-disposed jaw members, having v-shaped cutting edges" (lines 36-37). Includes illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Pulvitt, John
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Shock-Former Attachment for Binders.

Description: Patent for an improved attachment for binders "which will hold a number of bundles of grain and which will then deposit the bundles of grain in a field in a set-up position, thus forming a shock (lines 10-14).
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Miller, Jack E.
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Automatic Measuring Machine

Description: Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
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Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic stopping mechanism for engines.
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Nanny, Amos William
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a removable churn-body, of the frame, with a friction-wheel mounted thereon, a dasher-spindle provided with friction-wheel, movable notched bar, and spring-rod" (lines 79-83).
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Conner, Laurence H.
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Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.

Description: Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Knott, Miller & Bible, Adam Calver
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Bailing Press

Description: Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Moore, James Solomon
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide means for setting and supporting the pin and link of the ordinary car-coupler, so that cars will be automatically coupled when brought together; and it consists in a frame or holder for the coupling-pin and a frame or holder for the coupling-link" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 23, 1890
Creator: Godsey, William J.
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Casting Dental Plates.

Description: Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Streetman, Willard
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Packing Attachment for Baling Presses

Description: Patent for an "improved cotton packing attachment for baling-presses" (lines 9-10).
Date: May 15, 1883
Creator: Shepherd, James R.
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Apparatus for Pumping Water, Sand, &c.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Butler, Thomas
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Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device.

Description: Patent for an air storage tank liquid dispending device which is convenient and economically better to pull liquid from wells, buried tanks, etc.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Posa, Emit M.
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Churn Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of [churn motors], having for their object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: O'Bannon, William H. & Snider, John J.
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Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1874
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L
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